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America welcomes its first certified vegan farm
Written by Brianna Acuesta for trueactivist.com First Vegan-Certified Farm In The U.S. Is Providing Jobs and Food With Less Resources Not only is Metropolis Farms, a farm in Philadelphia, the first vegan-certified farm in the United States, but it’s also the first farm in the nation and first known […]
Quorn to go 100% vegan across their entire range
From riseofthevegan.com Quorn is a meat substitute product available in the UK, Ireland, the US, Australia, Sweden, and other countries that launched in 1985. Since they started their company (and for quite a surprise to many – particularly new vegans) none of Quorn’s products were suitable for vegans as they disappointingly used egg-white in every single product. […]
Vegetarian & vegan diets could save millions of lives and cut global warming, study finds
Eating more plant-based food could drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions, the study found. Written for the Independent by Kashmira Gander Millions of lives could be saved annually by the year 2050 if people adopt vegetarian diets, a new study has found. Cutting down on meat consumption worldwide would also protect the planet by cutting emissions by two […]
Brand new free e-cookbook available to download
Our friends at Animal Equality and Fry’s Family Foods UK have produced a really fantastic new, free e-cookbook, which features one of our recipes, click here to download your copy.
Could Jackfruit Be the Hot New Meat Replacement?
Article from One Green Planet In the past decade, we have seen a number of advisories released, both from health expertsand organizations to environmental and animal welfare activists, all urging the same message: people need to cut down their consumption of meat. In response, companies have been churning out a number of plant-based proteins aimed […]
Veggie wine, and not a carrot in sight
[Daily Mail, 15 March 2016] ONE of the most bizarre modern food fads to hit the supermarket shelves is ‘vegetarian wine’. More than half of Waitrose’s wines, some 735 labels, are vegetarian-approved, with 545 being vegan. Marks and Spencer has 549 approved types, while Sainsbury offers 230 and Tesco 142. Being veggie, what these drinks […]
Is it time to give up leather? Feature in the Guardian
Written by Lucy Siegle for The Observer Cows have long been farmed to fuel the fast food market. Now, by turning leather into a seasonal fashion, they are becoming part of fast fashion. Soon we will have to kill 430m every year. Lucy Siegle gets to grips with life without leather (well almost) After months […]
Tesco to give all unsold food to charity after finalising deal
Written by Caroline Mortimer for the Independent Tesco has agreed a deal to donate all the unsold food from its stores to charity. The supermarket giant announced plans to work with 5,000 local charities across the UK in an initiative that aims to eradicate all its food waste by the end of 2017. It said […]
Jazz apple, carrot, fresh ginger and turmeric soup with kale crisps
Jazz Apple, Carrot fresh Ginger and Turmeric Soup with Kale crisps Author: Jazz Apple Ingredients A little olive ol 1 large white onion – peeled and finely chopped 4 large carrots – scrubbed and finely chopped 2 Jazz apples – peeled, cored and finely chopped 2-3 tablespoons of fresh finger – peeled and finely chopped […]
Factory farming divestment: what you need to know
Written by Tom Levitt for the Guardian After the success of campaigns to get investors to divest from fossil fuel companies, factory farming is the next target The fast food chain Subway is latest to join the backlash against antibiotic use in the farm sector. It has launched a new chicken sandwich in the US […]